Thursday, March 27, 2008

Happy Birthday Justin!

The b-day boy with all his gifts! Thank you for everything family!

Justin's birthday was Monday, March 24th and he managed to get home in time to celebrate it with the Carter's and Aubrey. His grandparents who live about 20 minutes away were also able to come up and celebrate. I know that birthdays are not that big of deal when we get older, so I was very happy to have a few kids who think that birthday time means party time.

Preston and Madison were so excited all day planning this party for Justin. They picked out some special presents and helped us decorate with balloons. They decided to play a game with balloons where we all tried to sit on them and pop them. Preston and Maddy hid so they could jump out and "surprise" Justin when he came home. Maddy even wrote a play called "The Royal Family" to be performed in his honor. We didn't practice before hand, so it was a little unorganized, but she was a very cute director/star of the play. Izzy got so excited about the play that she kept running around and screaming. It was very cute. Justin was such a great sport to go along with all the games and make it fun for the kids. Kids really can turn a small event into something magically and special. Thank you Preston and Maddy for making Justin's birthday celebration a blast!

Justin's grandparents got him this tree. We are sooooo excited to plant it. Thanks Gran and Grampy!!


The party people.


The no-so-creative, but very good tasting cake. I did make a killer dinner, but I didn't take a picture of it.

6 comments:

Kim and Ken Carlile said...

Happy Birthday to Justin! It is true about kids and holidays...I love how no matter who's birthday it is, all the kids want to "help" open presents. They are just so excited to see what is inside!

The Miller's said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN!

Andersons said...

Kids make everything fun again(birthdays, holidays, books, theme parks). Glad Justin had a great day!!

Sara said...

How fun... Amy and Amber were there huh? What a blast. Those pics are so stinkin' cute! I can't believe you have a baby ... and she's so BIG now! Man, life really flies eh?

BTW, I just got your post like 2 days ago. WEIRD!

Carter Family said...

You tell that story so well! We really had a blast with ya'll that day. It's one that Maddy and Preston won't forget. I'll let Maddy leave you a note next time she's on the computer. She just wants to read it herself, so . . . anyway, thanks for letting us come see you!

AMinUT said...

Hope you had a great BDay Justin. What did you think of the puzzle?